Not much, really...

So it's been a while -

last night, in lieu of Superbowl Madness, I got rather drunk and watched The Pursuit of Happyness. Why is it I always seem to end up watching these horribly emotional movies when I'm drunk? The last time this happened was when I watched Pay It Forward - which I thought was going to be the charming tale of a young boy who brought a little happiness and joy to the world but ends up dying in the final reel and there's this huge candlelight vigal outside his home! Did NOT see that one coming...

Anyway, Pursuit of Happyness only added to the theory I'd started formulating since seeing I Am Legend. Apparently somewhere between movies he's done with Martin Lawrence and Summer Blockbusters he's become QUITE the good little actor-man.

This movie is a compelling portrait of how, if properly motivated and with enough drive, the American Dream can still be obtained. It was incredibly motivating and emotional for me. I'm not going to go into some full-fledged wordy review but I encourage everyone to check it out - it's powerful without being too candy-coated and Smith does some great and subtle things - his son is rather adorable as well.

I also just got a surprise visit from a friend from the local theatre and she dropped off some scripts for me to look over. They'd like for me to do some directing there next season and I'll happily do it if I can find some material that moves me. It's hard to direct something that you have no personal interest in. One of the scripts that she dropped off was for The Little Dog Laughed - which is still on Broadway so God only knows how she got a copy of the script.
It got fair to middlin' reviews, I think - it starred Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do) and the guy who played the artsy boyfriend on Roseanne...I'm bad at names today - it's Monday, what do you want from me. But now it's starring Chad Allen! It's about this closeted actor and his rent-boy that he's in love with. Rent-boy wants him to come out of the closet and closeted actor begins to think it's a good idea...then his lesbian agent locks him back in. Anyway, I'll give it a read - if it's too racy for their theatre I might float it past the college and see if they're interested - they tend to be a little edgier.

Anyway, just wanted to touch base and say I'm alive in case anyone's out there...